Exchange rate regimes and economic linkages
- Authors
- Lee, J.; Shin, K.
- Issue Date
- 2010
- Keywords
- Consumption co-movement; Exchange rate regime; Output co-movement; Risk sharing; Trade
- Citation
- International Economic Journal, v.24, no.1, pp.1 - 23
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- International Economic Journal
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 23
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/118298
- DOI
- 10.1080/10168731003589741
- ISSN
- 1016-8737
- Abstract
- We investigate how the exchange rate regime influences economic linkages between countries. We divide the exchange rate regime into three classifications: currency union, peg and floating exchange rates. Unlike most studies that solely focus on the relationship between anchor and client countries, we infer the exchange rate regime between any two countries based on their relationship to the common anchor currency. Then we empirically explore how the various exchange rate regimes impact on bilateral trade, output co-movement and risk sharing. The extent of risk sharing is measured by consumption co-movement relative to output co-movement. We find that while currency union has the greatest effect, the peg regime also significantly boosts trade.We also find that while the peg regime contributes to both output and consumption co-movements, currency union strengthens only consumption co-movement and possibly lowers output co-movement.We interpret these findings to indicate that currency union, the strictest form of pegged regimes, leads to higher industry specialization and better risk sharing opportunities than the less strict peg regime. © 2010 Korea International Economic Association.
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